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#15758 Import from Amazon

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 02:48 CDT

Monday, 15 April 2013 05:47 CDT

eng
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.9
PHP version: 5.3.16
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: Zuver
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: 3.7.4 (2013-03-15)
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: 3.6.0

Description of my issue:

I import Amazon s3 and it imports about 42% and hangs. Please note I'm using a wamp server.
Edited by eng on 2013-04-15 05:48 CDT

Monday, 15 April 2013 08:43 CDT

nicholas
The problem in a WAMP server or, generally, any local server is the transfer speed between S3 and your server. There's not much you can do about it. It's MUCH more efficient using a different method to download the backup archive from S3 to your computer, e.g. CloudBerry S3 Explorer. Then just put all parts of the backup archive in the output directory of the default backup profile, by default administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup, and the use the Discover and Import feature to import the backup into your site. You can then do anything you want on that imported backup record, such as restore it.

If, however, you do not have a Joomla! site and you want to import the archive from S3 in order to restore it, it's much more efficient using a different method to download the backup archive from S3 to your computer, e.g. CloudBerry S3 Explorer. Then you just need to put the downloaded archive file(s) in your intended site's root together with kickstart.php and simply run Kickstart.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Monday, 15 April 2013 13:47 CDT

eng
Nicholas, thanks for your reply, and for the CloudBerry s3 Explorer recommendation.

Tuesday, 16 April 2013 02:48 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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